THE LIE
- Barbara Evans
- May 6, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 24, 2024
A faint light spills
beneath your door,
A sonata
fills the air,
Your soft eyes:
contemplative,
numbed fingers
touch the chair.
Truth was no friend
when it revealed
That words masked what
I could not feel.
You own the smile that softens time,
Could words have worked, that smile was mine.
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